Folding-canopy attachment for chairs.



No. 798,823. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. W. B. MGMAHON. FOLDING CANOPYATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED NOY.22,1904.

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FOLIDING-CANOPY ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed November 22,1904. Serial No. 233,918.

To (LU [07m/lt it Y11m/,U concern:

Be it known that LVILLLUL B. MCB'IAHON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding-Canopy Attachments forChairs, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention has relation to folding-canopy attachments for chairs;and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts,as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of this invention is to provide a folding-canopy attachmentadapted to be used u pon chairs in general and upon folding beachchairsin particular.

ll'ith this and other objects in view the invention resides in theparticular construction shown and described.

ln the accompanying' drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myinvention applied to a folding' beach-chair, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the canopy and chair collapsed.

To the upper end of the back of the chair l are attached the strips 2 2.The cross-rod 3 is fixed to said strips 2 2 and has its ends pivotallyconnected in any suitable manner to the frame 4. Said frame 4 is coveredwith a suitable fabric The upper ends of the props 6 are pivoted to theframe 4, while the lower ends of said props are connected by a cross-rod7. The

cleats 8 8 are attached to the rear sides of the strips 2 2.

The chair may be provided with an ordinary folding seat, as shown, orwith a fixed seat, as desired.

W' hen in use, the parts are in the position as illustrated in Fig. l ofthe drawings. To collapse the canopy-top, the lower ends of the props 66 are raised, and the cross-rod 7 is lifted out of the cleats 8 8, whenthe front end of the frame 1i may be swung down, using its connectionwith the rod 3 as a pivot, and the parts are folded in a manner as shownin Fig. 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1 A folding-canopy attachment for chairs consisting of strips adapted tobe attached to the chair, a frame covered with a fabric and pivotallymounted with relation to said strips, props pivoted at their upper endsto said frame and extending' at their lower ends beyond the strips, across-rod located behind the strips and connecting' the lower ends ofsaid props together, and a means for supporting said cross-rod on saidstrips.

2. A folding-canopy attachment for chairs consisting' of strips adaptedto be attached to the chair, a frame covered with a fabric and pivotallymounted with relation to said strips, props pivoted at their upper endsto said frame and extending' at their lower ends beyond said strips, across-rod located behind said strips and connecting the lower ends ofsaid props together, cleats attached to the rear edges of said stripsand adapted to receive said crossrod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

TVILLIAM B. MCMAHON. lNfitnesses:

CHARLns F. Mooxnns, CHESTER L. HA'rFIuLD.

